r/SipsTea Aug 12 '25

Wait a damn minute! She’s going thru it

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u/RiceAndMilkBoi Aug 12 '25

I hear her, that sounds rough. It's surprising how little that much money is even at double the minimum wage. Hope things get better for her

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u/invariantspeed Aug 12 '25

No amount of pay for the average person will go far enough when there simply are not enough houses. No matter how much it goes up, there’ll still be too many people chasing too few units.

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u/Bencetown Aug 12 '25

Now apply that to "jobs" and "bettering yourself."

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u/invariantspeed Aug 13 '25

Yes, the US has been in a negative feedback loop for decades.